(a) That a significant part of the population of this state is
located in expanding urban areas;

(b) That in certain of these areas there are no urban mass
transportation systems and in others there are urban mass
transportation systems which are inadequate or in imminent danger
of becoming inadequate or in imminent danger of discontinuing such
service;

(c) That the establishment and maintenance of adequate urban
mass transportation systems in such areas is essential for
preserving viable urban areas and further promoting the healthful,
safe, orderly and economical development and expansion of such
urban areas;

(d) That the creation of urban mass transportation authorities
to establish and maintain urban mass transportation systems in such
areas is for the welfare of the people of this state in general and
of the participating governments in particular, and is a public
purpose for which public money may be spent and private property
acquired; and

(e) This article is enacted in view of these findings and
shall be liberally construed in the light thereof.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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